| A | B |
| contemplate | observe thoughfully |
| embed | incorporate as an essential characteristic |
| constrain | confine |
| curb | restrain |
| decadent | excessively self-indulgent |
| innate | born with |
| archival | related to valuable historical records |
| driver | cause |
| resilience | ability to recover |
| skewed | incorrect because it has been affected by a particular thing or because you do not know all the facts |
| disproportionate | too much or too little in relation to something else |
| ironically | opposite of what you expected happens or is true |
| paradigm | a model or example that shows how something works or is produced |
| sustainable | capable of being maintained at a steady level without exhausting natural resources |